Chicken-Footed Deity at Lichuang
Item
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Title
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Chicken-Footed Deity at Lichuang
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Caption
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Chicken-footed god at Lichuang, Szechuan, China. 1923.
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Identifier
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DCG_040
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Alternative Identifier
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106; 196
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Description
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This image shows two deity statues inside a temple. The subject of the image is a statue that has a long protruding tongue and chicken feet. He holds a string between his hands upon which petitioners hang objects to entice his spiritual help. The other deity statue wears and crown and bears his teeth in a grimace. Lizhuang is on the Yangtze River very close to Yibin (Suifu).It is most likely that Graham took this photo while he was stationed at Yibin (Suifu).
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Creator
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Graham, David Crockett
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Date Created
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1923
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Location
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Lizhuang, Sichuan
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Original Format
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Glass plate
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Source
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Whitman College and Northwest Archives
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Provenance
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Jean Graham Brown and Dorothy Graham Edson, daughers of DCG, and Chris Hoogendyk, grandson of DCG.
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Record Date
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2024-09-24
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Contributor
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Nicholas Fowler; Cory Willmott
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Type
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Still Image
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Published In
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Graham, David Crockett. 1926. Strange Gods in West China. The Chinese Recorder 57(10): 693-698.
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Graham, David Crockett. 1928. Religion in Szechuan Province, China. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 80(4): Plate 5.
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Subject
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Yangtze River; Temples
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abstract
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"Taoist chicken-footed God in temple near Suifu, Sze." (Graham 1926, front plate).
"The 'Chicken-footed God,' who leads the souls of the dead to judgement. It is considered good luck to hang a chicken foot on the chain suspended from the hands of the god" (Graham 1928, Plate 5).
